Our Market

Short term working capital solutions for business

Alternative finance solutions emerged in the 1980s in recognition that traditional lending does not always best meet the immediacy or flexibility needs of small and medium business. Today, non-bank financiers are supporting SMEs more than ever, providing flexible options to access capital vital for operations and growth. A growing market in which the Fifo Capital proposition is an ideal fit.

Purpose-fit finance for a growing market

Clients use Fifo Capital to either alleviate short-term cash flow issues or to realise growth potential.

We support a growing market of clients who:

Deal with long customer payment terms

Manage fluctuating cash flow

Have lean cash flow and need to access cash for growth or operational needs

Have a high concentration of their business with one or more customers

Prefer not to secure business lending with property

Can benefit from early paying supplier discounts

Deal with customers who are struggling to pay invoices in a single payment

Would like to attract new customers who may not be able to pay invoices in a single payment.

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Fifo Flexi-Pay – Customer Payment Plans

Fifo Flexi-Pay enables a business to offer their customer payment plans for their purchases. The customer can break down a large purchase into small regular payments, spreading the cost over a period of time. It works like a loan, with the interest calculated based on the length of the plan and built into each payment amount. Using Fifo Capital to manage payment plans removes the logistics from the client’s business and frees up the cash to be reinvested in running the business or driving growth.

Ideally suits businesses who:
– Would like to attract new customers who may not be able to pay invoices in a single payment
– Deal with customers who are struggling to pay invoices in a single payment
– Need to access cash locked into existing payment plans that are managed within their business.

What Fifo Capital clients say:
“Fifo Capital’s option for us to transfer our client receivables over to them has worked brilliantly. It has enabled better cash flow for our business and made offering credit to our clients so much easier.”

Fifo Smart Loan – Short Term Business Lending

A Short Term Business Loan allows a company to borrow a lump sum of cash for a short period of time – usually three to 12 months. The Business Partner involved will confirm fees upfront, set up regular repayments and support the clients needs without impacting the clients existing credit or finance relationships.

Ideally suited to businesses who:
– Want a short term facility to sit on-top of their existing banking arrangements
– Need cash but their existing line of credit is already at its limit
– Have fluctuating cash flow i.e. seasonal businesses
– Only want to access the cash for a short period of time
– Are new and/or growing, and can’t access traditional lending facilities.

What Fifo Capital clients say:
“Everything worked really quickly and efficiently: the paperwork was easy to fill in and, once approved, the money came through the next day. It really was a pleasure to work with Fifo Capital. And what really made the difference was their focus was on finding the best solution for us.”

Fifo Factor – Invoice Finance

Fifo Factor enables a client to access cash which is tied up in unpaid invoices. This is done by effectively selling an unpaid invoice, or group of invoices, to the Fifo Capital Franchisee. The Franchisee will then pay out a percentage of the invoice value (usually between 80 and 90%) to the client, retaining the balance until the invoice is paid by the client’s customer. At this point the Business Partner collects their fee and pays the remaining cash to the client.

Ideal for businesses who:– Deal with long customer payment terms
– Manage a seasonal sales cycle
– Have lean cash flow and need to access cash
– Prefer not to secure business lending with real estate
– Are new and/or growing, and can’t access traditional lending facilities
– Have growth opportunities that need a cash injection
– Can benefit from early paying supplier discounts
– Have a high concentration of their business with one or more customers.

What Fifo Capital clients say:
“The benefit of working with Fifo Capital is that when we need it, they provide the funds we need. And they’re quick: they get the money to us within 48 hours of us getting in contact. We only factor a couple of invoices. That’s a benefit with Fifo Capital that we can pick and choose which invoices we factor. It helps us to maintain the flexibility to manage our other work commitments while we’re waiting for the money to come in.”

Terms of the website use

Please read these Terms & Conditions before using this site

This terms of use (together with the documents referred to in it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website www.fifocapitalint.wpengine.com (our site). Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, or submitting information through our site.

Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use our site, as these will apply to your use of our site.

By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site.

Other applicable terms
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site.

Our Privacy Policy which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

Our Cookie Policy which sets out information about the cookies on our site.

Information about us
www.fifocapitalint.wpengine.com is a site operated by Fifo Capital International Ltd (“We”). We are registered in New Zealand under company number 3856796 and have our registered office at 170 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland 1151, New Zealand. Our main trading address is 135 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland 1151, New Zealand.

Changes to these terms
We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you. This terms of use was last updated on 21 July 2014.

Changes to our site
We may update our site from time to time, and may change the content at any time. However, please note that any of the content on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it.

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.

Accessing our site
Our site is made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

Intellectual property rights
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

No reliance on information
The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.

Limitation of our liability
Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied.

We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

– use of, or inability to use, our site; or use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site;
– loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
– business interruption;
– loss of anticipated savings;
– loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
– any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

If you are a consumer user, please note that we only provide our site for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our site for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Viruses
We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform in order to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

Linking to our site
You may not link to our home page without our prior written consent.

Third part links and resources in our site

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only.

We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.

Applicable law
These terms of use, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English Law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.

Anti-Spa Policy

What is spam?
In the context of electronic messaging, spam refers to unsolicited, bulk or indiscriminate messages, typically sent for commercial purposes. “Electronic messaging” covers emails, instant messaging, SMS and other mobile phone messaging, but does not cover normal voice-to-voice communication by telephone.

An electronic message may constitute spam if it:

– is commercial in nature – i.e. it could be construed as offering a commercial transaction, such as goods or services for sale, or merely directing the recipient to a location where a commercial transaction could take place – is sent without the prior consent of the recipient;
– fails to include accurate information about the sender; and
– does not include a functional unsubscribe facility.

Fifo Capital will take all necessary and reasonable steps required under relevant current Spam legislation to ensure that any commercial electronic messages sent to you do not constitute spam.

Consent
Fifo Capital will take reasonable steps to ensure that it has obtained your express consent prior to sending you electronic commercial messages about Fifo Capital’s products and services. Express consent may come in various ways, including subscribing to our mailing list, filing in a form, ticking a consent box to receive advertising or messages on our website, or consenting over the phone.
Where it is impracticable to obtain your consent before sending electronic commercial message to you, we may infer that you have consented to receiving electronic commercial message. Inferred consent can occur:

– via an existing business or other relationship with Fifo Capital, and where there is reasonable expectation of receiving commercial electronic messages; or
– via conspicuous publication of a work-related electronic address; and
– it is accessible to the public, or a section of the public
– the subject of the message is directly related to the role or function of the recipient; and
– the address is not accompanied by a statement saying no commercial messages are wanted.

Identification
Any commercial electronic message sent by Fifo Capital will include a clear and accurate identification information about Fifo Capital, the sender of the message and how we can be contacted. Fifo Capital will take reasonable steps to ensure that the identification information about Fifo Capital is accurate for a period of 30 days after the day on which you receive the electronic commercial message.

Unsubscribing Policy
Under Spam legislation, every commercial electronic message must contain a functional and legitimate ‘unsubscribe’ facility. This is an electronic address the recipient can use to tell the sender they do not wish to receive messages.

Fifo Capital will take reasonable steps to ensure that:

– all commercial electronic messages sent by us will include a functional way for the message’s recipient to indicate that they wish to unsubscribe from any future messages;
– our unsubscribe links in any electric commercial message remain functional for at least 30 days after the original commercial electronic message was sent;
– it allows the unsubscribe message to be sent to whoever authorised the sending of the message;
the unsubscribe instructions are presented in a clear and conspicuous way;
– a request to unsubscribe is honoured within five-(5)working days;
unsubscribing is at low or no cost, to the recipient; and

If you receive a message from Fifo Capital that is not in accordance with the above, contact us and the matter will be promptly investigated and resolved.

All manual unsubscribe requests go through the Marketing Manager or Operations Manager (as a secondary person). The necessary details for unsubscribing from any electronic commercial message sent by Fifo Capital are as follows:

Fifo Capital Marketing
Queries that are made with Fifo Capital through our marketing channels are gathered and kept confidentially. Fifo Capital may use some of this information to market its current and new products to customers. All marketing sent by Fifo Capital allows the recipient to opt out (unsubscribe) at no cost. If the recipient chooses to exercise that right they will be removed from any further marketing communication from Fifo Capital. Fifo Capital will not use electronic address harvesting software, or lists which have been generated using software, for the purposes of sending unsolicited commercial electronic messages.

Contact Fifo Capital
Please contact our Anti-Spam officer at [email protected] if you have any concerns or complaints about this policy or about our use of personal information or other privacy issues.

Information about our use of cookies

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A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

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You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this Cookies policy, please email [email protected]

Privacy Policy

Fifo Capital International Ltd a company registered in New Zealand under company number 3856796 (“We”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy (together with our terms of use (www.fifocapitalint.wpengine.com/terms-and-conditions/) and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting www.fifocapitalint.wpengine.com you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is Fifo Capital International Ltd of 135 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland 1151, New Zealand.

Our nominated representative for the purpose of the Act is Nigel Thomson.

Information we may collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you.

Information you give us.
You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site www.fifocapitalint.wpengine.com (our site) or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you register to use our site, subscribe to our service, enter a competition, promotion or survey and when you report a problem with our site. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number, financial capacity and your business intentions.

Information we collect about you.
With regard to each of your visits to our site we may automatically collect the following information:

technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;
information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); services you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call our customer service number.
Information we receive from other sources.

We may receive information about you if you use any of the other websites we operate or the other services we provide. In this case we will have informed you when we collected that data that it may be shared internally and combined with data collected on this site. We are also working closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, credit reference agencies and may receive information about you from them.

Cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our Cookie policy www.fifocapitalint.wpengine.com/cookie-policy/.

Uses made of the information
We use information held about you in the following ways.

Information you give to us.

We and our franchisees will use this information:

to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information and services that you request from us;
to provide you with information about other services we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about;
to provide you, or permit selected third parties to provide you, with information about goods or services we feel may interest you. If you are an existing customer, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale or negotiations of a sale to you. If you are a new customer, and where we permit selected third parties to use your data, we (or they) will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this. If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data);
to notify you about changes to our service;
to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
Information we collect about you.

We will use this information:

to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so;
as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure;
to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you;
to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our site about services that may interest you or them.
Information we receive from other sources.

We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We and our franchisees may us this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).

Disclosure of your informationn
We may share your personal information with any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.

We may share your information with selected third parties including:

Our franchisees and/or our master franchisees.
Business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we or our franchisees or master franchisees enter into with you.
Advertisers and advertising networks that require the data to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others.
Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site.
Credit reference agencies for the purpose of assessing your credit score where this is a condition of us entering into a contract with you.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties.

In the event that we, our franchisees or our master franchisees sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we or our franchisees or our master franchisees may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.

If Fifo Capital International Ltd or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.

If we or our franchisees or our master franchisees are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use (www.fifocapitalint.wpengine.com/terms-and-conditions/) and/or any other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Fifo Capital International Ltd, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Where we store your personal data
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside of the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers or our franchisees or our master franchisees. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of the provision of services to you and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Your rights
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at [email protected]

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Access to information
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

Changes to our Privacy Policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy. This privacy policy was last updated on 21 July 2014.

Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Fifo Capital International Ltd, PO Box 137375 Parnell, Auckland 1151, New Zealand, [email protected]

Melissa Lovf

Head of Credit Australia

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Andrew Allen

Head of Operations Australia

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Simon Suggett

Business Expansion, Australia

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Garrick Wynne

Business Development Director NZ

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Neil McMillan

Managing Director, Australia

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Colin Chisholm

Managing Director NZ

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Nigel Thomson

Founder and Head Thinker

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Terms and Conditions

Fifo Capital understands time is critical when it comes to managing your cash flow – so our process is aimed to be as simple as possible.
A Fifo Capital facility approval typically takes around 24 hours to set-up and depending on the required information supplied by customers, transfer of funds can take place in as little as four hours.

The following covers the terms and conditions required for a four hour funds transfer to take place;

Fifo Capital will tell the proposed client if the application is successful to receive funding. We can accept or reject the application at our sole and absolute discretion. If we accept the application the cash flow finance services will be provided solely in accordance with the documents we agree with the proposed client.

Fifo Capital’s application consists of a number of forms, however, not limited to fully completed and signed; Application, Receivables Finance Facility Terms and Conditions, Guarantee, Offer to Sell, and Privacy Consent forms

To be eligible for a four hour funds transfer in relation to an approved application, the proposed customer must request or apply to Fifo Capital in writing before 12noon on the same business day. Such a request doesn’t guarantee the transfer will take place or funds cleared in the customer’s bank account within the four hour period.

Should a four hour funding transfer request be approved, such a transfer can only be facilitated on a business day. A transfer request is not available on public or bank holidays, or weekends.

Four hour funding transfers may incur a fee as detailed within the application.

Fifo Capital’s aligned banks or financial institutions have the right to reject a four hour funding transfer request. Fifo Capital and its aligned banks are not liable for any loss or damages resulting from a funding transfer request not taking place or funds being cleared within a four hour period.

Fifo Capital is a franchise business operation. Fifo Capital Australia Pty LTD is the master franchisee and is therefore not responsible for the actions or inactions of its franchisees in relation to any funds transfer timing.

Fifo Capital is not responsible for any loss or damages incurred or to be incurred by the would be or existing customer should a transfer not take place within or cleared funds not be received within a four hour period.

To find out more about the full terms and conditions relating to our 4 hour funds transfer please contact Fifo Capital on 1300 852 556